Côme co-founded Nueva Ventures, a venture fund focused on capital efficient ventures in the communications, Internet and software sectors. Prior to Nueva, Côme was a serial entrepreneur and angel investor involved in several start-ups. He was the founder and CEO of CDR International, which provided telephony services into emerging markets in Africa using voice over IP technology. Côme was also interim CFO at OQO, a San Francisco based computer start-up that launched the world's smallest mobile computer. Prior to CDR and OQO, Côme was CFO of Vendiva, a start-up that provided experiential web based services using an ASP model and adaptive learning techniques. He was the co-founder and COO of Adesemi Communications, a company that launched wireless telecommunications networks in Africa including the first Second National Operator license in Ghana. Côme earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in electrical/computer engineering from McGill University and a MBA from the Harvard Business School.